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68 legislative districts were renamed or eliminated via redistricting

Welcome to the Monday, January 9, Brew.

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Georgia Democrats face uphill fight to move state up on 2024 primary calendar

ATLANTA — President Joe Biden’s proposal to reorder the 2024 nominating schedule by elevating Georgia to the first wave of states to cast ballots faces an uncertain future amid opposition from Republicans who will have the final say on his plan.

Tribune News Service

‘Affliction’ author Russell Banks dies at 82

‘All his work is exceptional,” Joyce Carol Oates said of his fiction.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Russell Banks, praised author of 'Cloudsplitter,' dies at 82

Prize-winning author Russell Banks has died

The Independent UK

NH Dems ask national party not to 'punish' them on primary

New Hampshire Democrats are asking the national party not to “punish” them while overhauling its 2024 presidential primary calendar

The Independent UK

Libertarian Radio Host Ian Freeman Convicted for Helping People Buy Bitcoin

Freeman, an early adopter of the virtual currency, gets slammed by a state that can't tolerate any use of money without its permission and knowledge.

Reason

Carl P. Leubsdorf: Some not-so-serious 2023 predictions

Last year’s column successfully predicted Democratic Senate gains and a smaller-than-expected Republican House takeover. Here is our not-totally-serious forecast for 2023:

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Daughter of sport star leaves newborn in freezing forest amid US deep freeze

Alexandra Eckersley, who was living homeless, gave birth to a baby boy in the New Hampshire woods before abandoning him on Christmas Day, during sub-zero temperatures

Daily Mirror

Daughter of Red Sox veteran arrested for abandoning newborn in freezing woods because she feared losing tent

Alexandra Eckersley faces multiple criminal charges after allegedly misdirecting first responders to the location of her newborn child

The Independent UK

Carl P. Leubsdorf: My forecast for 2023

Last year’s column successfully predicted Democratic Senate gains and a smaller-than-expected Republican House takeover. Here is our not-totally-serious forecast for 2023:

Tribune News Service

Not everything we call AI is actually 'artificial intelligence'. Here's what you need to know

In August 1955, a group of scientists made a funding request for US$13,500 to host a summer workshop at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire. The field they proposed to explore was artificial intelligence (AI).

The Conversation

Carl P. Leubsdorf: New Hampshire unlikely to go quietly

In voting to exclude Iowa’s early caucuses and sandwich New Hampshire’s primary between those of South Carolina and Nevada, a key Democratic panel finally recognized the need for early tests that represent the party’s diversity.

Tribune News Service

EXPLAINER: How do parties and states set presidential votes?

No sooner had President Joe Biden told Democrats his preference for reordering the presidential primary calendar than states began balking

The Independent UK

Commentary: The negative aspects of Democrats' new primary calendar

President Joe Biden has asked the Democratic National Committee to alter the presidential nomination calendar drastically for 2024. Notably, his proposal would remove Iowa from its coveted lead-off position by replacing the caucuses with the South Carolina primary, which would move up a few spots. Georgia and Michigan would be…

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Commentary: High marks for this education policy, but still room for improvement

As a classroom teacher and mother of 10 children, Esther Fleurant knows that every child has different needs. And she knows how important education is for their futures.

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An update on 153 state legislative leadership roles

Welcome to the Thursday, December 15, Brew.

Daily Mirror

Man falls to his death off 800ft mountain while taking photos with his wife

The pair had been hiking near the summit of Mount Willard, New Hampshire, US, when they paused to take some pictures. His wife heard a yell and turned to see her husband falling over the edge of a 800ft cliff

Tribune News Service

Hiker hears yell, turns to see husband fall off New Hampshire mountain, officials say

A man was taking photos with his wife on the summit of a scenic New Hampshire mountaintop when he fell and tumbled to his death, state officials say.

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How 2016 and 2020 Democratic presidential contenders performed in newly proposed early primary states

The Democratic National Committee’s Rules and Bylaws Committee voted on December 2, 2022, to approve a proposal changing the early presidential primary schedule in 2024. South Carolina was selected as the first primary state, followed by New Hampshire and Nevada on the same day, then Georgia, and Michigan.

Los Angeles Times

Mark Z. Barabak: A signal from Biden and boost for Kamala Harris as Democrats remake 2024 primary calendar

Perhaps you missed it, what with holiday shopping, World Cup soccer and the big political news that Donald Trump wants to run the Constitution through a shredder and make himself dictator.

Boston Herald

Joe Battenfeld: Democrats issue ultimatum to New Hampshire on first in the nation primary

The Democrats’ attack on New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary — political payback for President Joe Biden’s humiliating loss there — has sparked a high-stakes confrontation that jeopardizes the party’s hold on the Granite State.

The Independent UK

Korean War soldier who went missing identified, buried

The remains of a soldier from New Hampshire who went missing during the Korean War and was later reported to have died in a prisoner of war camp have been laid to rest, several months after they were identified

Los Angeles Times

LZ Granderson: Politics will never be the same when Democrats replace Iowa caucuses with South Carolina

Every presidential election year, when the pundits start buzzing about the Democrats’ nominee for president before Black voters have weighed in, that’s a lot like decorating for Thanksgiving — just something to do until the main event.

Al Jazeera

Democrats vote to shake up 2024 presidential nomination process

South Carolina will likely lead the Democrats’ presidential nomination, a departure from the traditional start in Iowa.

Daily Mirror

Man sifts through 20 tons of rubbish after accidentally binning wife's diamond rings

Cindy Butler had taken off her rings to clean them at their New Hampshire home, when she put them into a napkin to dry. Kevin thought the napkin was rubbish, and put it in the bin before taking the binbag straight to the collection point

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